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...understand your desire to trade white marble for White Mountains.' JOHN ROBERTS, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, bidding farewell to Justice David Souter, who left the bench on June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 7/13/2009 | See Source »

...Tribute to Justice Esther M. Tomljanovich, Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Esther M. Tomljanovich also took issue with this maxim. According to fellow Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Anderson, “[a]s a person who had felt the sting of gender discrimination, Esther brought a fresh perspective to the bench. She knew what it was like to be on the outside looking in--to be ignored or, even worse, treated as invisible. . . . Esther’s view was that a wise woman on the bench can influence and may even change the opinion of a wise man--and vice versa...

Author: By Maritza I. Reyes | Title: Latina Experience and Wisdom Welcomed | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

...legs stick to any surface—the piano bench, wooden chairs, leather couch—and, when lifted, make this noise between a smack and whoosh. The locals don’t experience this, as they wear light cotton pants and no one seems to wear jeans or shorts around here...

Author: By Helen X. Yang | Title: Hot and Sticky | 7/6/2009 | See Source »

...What stop do you think it is?” a woman asked. She sprawled across the bench, right next...

Author: By Emily C. Graff | Title: A Girl's Guide to Subway Etiquette | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

...Moderate on the Bench Although Sotomayor's speeches raise legitimate questions about her views on essential race and gender differences, the best evidence that she is no radical multiculturalist in the courtroom is found in her judicial opinions. Here she appears to be an incrementalist rather than a radical of any stripe. In a survey of Sotomayor's 226 majority opinions, Stefanie Lindquist, a law professor at the University of Texas at Austin, found that only 38% could clearly be characterized as liberal, while 49% could clearly be considered conservative. When the criminal cases (in which appellate judges are encouraged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Sonia Sotomayor Really Stands on Race | 6/11/2009 | See Source »

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